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The number of new HIV cases recorded in Sweden in 2007 increased by 20%, according to preliminary data published on Tuesday by the
The NAACP, the National Urban League and other advocacy groups on Thursday, which a
A Minnesota task force on Tuesday recommended that the state require all residents to obtain health coverage and that the state use savings from reducing inefficiencies and insurers' administrati
Following one of the largest series of tornadoes in decades, many people across the south are beginning the long process toward recovery. The Red Cross continues to help provide meals, shelter and
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on Tuesday released a $28.3 billion state budget proposal for fiscal year 2009 that includes $500 million to provide health coverage for uninsured state residents
The New Mexico House on Tuesday voted 56-6 to approve a bill (HB 147) that
Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi (D) and state Senate President Therese Murray (D) are considering an increase to the state's cigarette tax as one of several proposals to address the
Severe weather and tornadoes ripped through the South Tuesday night resulting in significant damage to communities in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. The tornadoes left mor
Advisers to presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.),
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told HHS
Senate Finance Committee Democrats on Wednesday assailed the health proposals in the fiscal year 2009 budget request that President B
Democratic lawmakers are developing legislation that would prohibit certain marketing practices used by private Medicare Advantage plans after some seniors complained of aggressive sales tactics,
On Monday, the Rapid City, S.D.-based antiabortion group Citizens for Life filed suit in U.S. District Court against the Rapid City Area Schools be
An overwhelming 94% of men aged 18-45 years old in the UK agree that using contraception is the joint responsibility of men and women. Encouragingly, only a tiny fraction of men believe contracept
A seemingly random arterial abnormality that can cause heart attack and sudden death in adults with no previous symptoms may not be so random after all. A group of researchers in the Netherlands d
Setting up a roadblock for atherosclerosisTreatment with the antibiotic myriocin can halt the growth of established arterial plaques in mice, researchers report.Myriocin
ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, will serve as an unbiased expert, offering equipment purchasing clients the in
A study to assess the adverse effects of anti-retroviral drugs shows that two widely-used HIV drugs are associated with an increased risk of heart attack / the formation of blood clots in the hear
Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have in collaboration with researchers from Finland, China, Japan and the US discovered new cellular mechanisms that lead to ins
EMEA hereby announces plans to implement the electronic-only submission of information in support of marketing authorisation applications in the centralised procedure, and, ultimately, implementa
A new study by researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine may change current thinking about how best to treat patients in respiratory distress in hospital intensive care
Autophagy is a process whereby cells recycle material during stress situations, such as when nutrients are scarce. Some cells also use this process as an immune defense mechanism to eliminate path
The European Hematology Association (EHA) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) have selected Lapo Alinari, MD, and Serena Kimi Perna, MD, as the recipients of the second annual EHA-ASH Int
Two noted physician experts on the patient-centered medical home-and the role of population health strategies-will deliver a joint keynote speech at the 2008 annual meeting of DMAA: The Care Conti
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded 3.7 million dollars to researchers in the Yale Center for Genomics and Proteomics (YCG
The University of Central Florida's College of Medicine reached its most significant milestone to date when the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) notified the college that it
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have received a five-year, $4 million National Institutes of Health grant to study novel ways to improve the diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI), a common
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and the American Association for Dental Research have announced that they will continue the AADR/ADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program (A
According to a study published in BMJ andavailable on bmj.com, ratesof pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitrofertilization
A recent article in the Archivesof Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicinefinds that the 1991 to 1995 Homeland War in Croatia led to an increasein weapon-related deaths of children during and